Governor Joshi takes charge,says won’t cross swords with state govt

Joshi was administered the oath by Chandramauli Kumar Prasad,Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court,in a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan’s Gandhi Hall in the afternoon.

Chief Minister Mayawati,Leader of the Opposition Shivpal Singh Yadav,Congress’ Pramod Tiwari and BJP’s Om Prakash Singh were present on the occasion.

Asked whether he would work for restoring the glorious traditions of the Raj Bhavan which used to be a centre of social and cultural activities,the newly-appointed governor said: “I have great respect for T V Rajeswar and will not make a comment about my predecessor.”

Reminded of the past controversies over the appointment of vice-chancellors and their dismissals,Joshi said the selection process should be made more transparent.

The new Governor will temporarily stay at a bungalow in Gautam Palli — close to the chief minister’s residence — as renovation work is in progress at Raj Bhavan.

The new Guv
Joshi,a native of Rajasthan,has replaced T V Rajeswar,whose term expired on July 7. Seventy-three-year-old Joshi,a former 1957-batch IPS officer from Rajasthan cadre is the 22nd Governor of UP. He was the Governor of Uttarakhand from October 2007 till he was made the UP Governor. Previously,he had served as Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi and Governor of Meghalaya between 2004 and 2007